Exactly. The Godfall Protocols were languishing until confluences started again. We didn't care if you could turn yourself purple, we only cared if you posed a significant threat if you charged off half-cocked. Atom and I - and Frances, to some extent - took the role of enforcers. I kept the villains from being deranged monsters, Atom kept the heroes from being murderous vigilantes who answer to no one and nothing, and Frances protected whoever was left over. To ensure that those who would see us imprisoned or made to be slaves of government interests stayed far away.
Which, unfortunately, due to your little... mishap, and some others, has gone to shit.
There's a small shrug.
As to whether we're easier to get along with, it depends on tastes. The Alliance at its core expects you to be good, and if you choose to use your powers, that you don't harm anyone with them. They've got more oversight because they abide by the law, and if you break it, you'll be punished accordingly. He takes another sip of coffee. Whereas I expect you to follow the rules. And if you don't, we kill you.
The mask lights with a cheerful smiling emoji, exploding into fireworks before settling back to the flat black color. He spreads his hands.
At the end of the day, membership is a question of whether you want to be part of society and abide by its laws and morality, or whether you want be truly free.
He lifts one finger in the universal sign of "one moment'. There's no reply for a moment or so. He's having another conversation somewhere else, that much is obvious. Finally his hands drop.
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Date: 2022-10-13 07:42 pm (UTC)Which, unfortunately, due to your little... mishap, and some others, has gone to shit.
There's a small shrug.
As to whether we're easier to get along with, it depends on tastes. The Alliance at its core expects you to be good, and if you choose to use your powers, that you don't harm anyone with them. They've got more oversight because they abide by the law, and if you break it, you'll be punished accordingly. He takes another sip of coffee. Whereas I expect you to follow the rules. And if you don't, we kill you.
The mask lights with a cheerful smiling emoji, exploding into fireworks before settling back to the flat black color. He spreads his hands.
At the end of the day, membership is a question of whether you want to be part of society and abide by its laws and morality, or whether you want be truly free.
He lifts one finger in the universal sign of "one moment'. There's no reply for a moment or so. He's having another conversation somewhere else, that much is obvious. Finally his hands drop.
Starstuck was a child who got in over his head.